Sunday with Miriam

Chat with the two women who are being honoured this year by Dublin’s North East inner city for their community work, an award that is presented every Nollaig na mBan/January 6th (pic: Bernie on left beside Miriam, Paula on right beside Miriam) Official website: https://nollaignamban.ie Paula's photography: www.paulatnolanphotography.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live music and chat with Liam Ó Maonlaí, Fiachna Ó Braonáin and Peter O’Toole, who this year are celebrating 40 years together as a band. Official site: https://hothouseflowers.com (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The screenwriter and director talks about celebrating the release of his movie, the rom-com ‘Eternity’, at the same time as undergoing life-saving treatment for an aggressively benign brain tumourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The actor Fiadhnait and writer/director Anna talk about their new short film ‘Grace’ (part of the RTÉ Storyland series), centred on a young woman with Down's Syndrome, navigating the complexities of adulthood, independence and first loveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The comedian/presenter explains why he wants to spread a bit of Christmas joy in the Galway Hospice, together with some musician friends, why he is now pescatarian and his hopes to expand the Traveller oral history project Further details: https://galwayhospice.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The film-maker and producer was a guest on the programme back in February, with his dad Dermod, to talk about their book ‘Desert Bonds’. On that very day Denis received the news that he had cancer, which was only caught because his father gave him a present of a health checkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The award-winning author chats about a concert tonight in Dublin’s Unitarian church, with his friend Colm Mac Con Iomaire, to raise funds for Narrative 4 - a student programme on empathy, which he co-founded. He also talks about the Israel/ Palestine conflict (which he addressed in his novel ‘Apeirogon’)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live music and chat with the modern country singer from Armagh about the other musicians in her family tree, how American country music has been developed and changed in Ireland and writing her own music Instagram: @sionan_music (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Longtime friends Brian Crosby and Paul Noonan are collaborating once again, as a duo Pilgrims. They chat about early days of forming bands with Damien Rice, then Bell X1 and alternative careers in music therapy. www.facebook.com/pilgrimsmusicofficial (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this interview cannot be podcast)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat with the Irish-language presenter (and co-host of the ‘How To Gael’ podcast) about her new podcast mini-series on a topic that is uppermost in her mind at the moment - pregnancy and childbirth. 'Labour of Love' will be available from 3rd of DecemberSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.